Paranoia & Perseverance: The Secrets of a Fintech Soonicorn

2025-03-28

Bumper was born a decade ago after its founder, James Jackson, “living paycheck to paycheck” in London, was hit by an unexpected car repair bill. He took that £700 cash flow problem and turned it into one of Europe’s fastest-growing fintechs, a high-flying startup he’s confident will do more than £1bn worth of business this year. In this episode of Traction: The Tech Growth Show, James Jackson talks to Pete Hopton and James Taylor about: How he launched “a Klarna for car repairs” and took it to five European markets....

Bumper was born a decade ago after its founder, James Jackson, “living paycheck to paycheck” in London, was hit by an unexpected car repair bill.

He took that £700 cash flow problem and turned it into one of Europe’s fastest-growing fintechs, a high-flying startup he’s confident will do more than £1bn worth of business this year.

In this episode of Traction: The Tech Growth Show, James Jackson talks to Pete Hopton and James Taylor about:

How he launched “a Klarna for car repairs” and took it to five European markets.
The importance of paranoia and perseverance when building tech companies.
How Bumper raised a £40m Series B round in a challenging funding climate.
Why Bumper chose Sheffield for its HQ.
The prospects for further expansion and even an IPO for the company he hopes will soon be Yorkshire’s first fintech Unicorn.

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